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He told the Mirror: "They say there are 1,000 women there. It’s more like 5,000.”

Mr Farmer says Laura will be targeted as a high-profile foreigner and that she will not be able to work so will have to pay inmates with cigarettes smuggled in, and staff with cash from outside.

One of Pete Farmer's photos showing the conditions inside the prison at al-Qanater in Egypt. He claims up to 30 people shared a tiny four-bunk cell which was crawling with lice and bedbugs, and he witnessed regular beatings and violence. (Image: Pete Farmer/ SWNS)

Mr Farmer said disease is rife in Al Qanater, which he says is “not prison – it’s hell”.

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"I have no idea how she will cope in prison. I wouldn’t be able to cope and I consider myself a stronger person than Laura.

"I’m so scared for her. It’s the not knowing that is killing us. Not knowing who she is with and how she is being treated.

Mr Farmer, from Essex was jailed for robbery in 2015. He claims he'd mistakenly picked up the wrong bag, one identical to his known, after a night out. (Image: Pete Farmer/SWNS)

"That’s what is hurting the most – and not being able to speak to her."

Humberside Police say they are "reviewing the circumstances" into how Laura obtained the tramadol but are not carrying out a "criminal investigation" in relation to the woman alleged to have given her the tablets.

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Detective Chief Superintendent Judi Heaton, head of crime, said: "We would like to clarify that although we are reviewing the circumstances surrounding how Laura Plummer came to have the tramadol, we are not carrying out a criminal investigation into any named suspect on the basis of the information we currently have.

"The reason for this is that if someone passes on a subscribed drug, it is not necessarily a criminal act but it is a civil offence under the Medicines Act."